euss and deliberate for the best in- 
terests of the people as a whole; 
and may God add his blessing to 
this meeting of 1915.’’ 
The following tellers were sworn 
jn: Edward Walsh, D. Elmer Butler, 
Howard M. Stanley and W. R. Ben- 
nett; also W. W. Hoare, Clarence W. 
Morgan, Richard J. Baker and 
Theodore C.’ Rowe. 
- A pipe in the upper part of the 
Town Hall building broke during 
the night and when Janitor Haskell 
eame to the hall early in the morning 
he was met by a deluge of water. 
Fully an inch of it covered the en- 
tire floor of the Town hall and was 
still streaming down from the ceil- 
ing. The meeting had been on 
about an hour when E. S. Knight 
moved an adjournment until 12 
o'clock, when the polls were opened. 
Meanwhile the hall had dried some- 
what. 
The reports accepted up to the 
time of adjourning included, Water 
School, Police, Streets, Sewer, 
Health, and Weights and Measures. 
It was voted that the town rescind 
‘the vote passed at a town meeting 
held March 2, 1908, whereby it was 
voted to recommend to the School 
Committee in substance that the 
salary of the Superintendent of 
Schools should not exceed $1,000. 
Chairman R. C. Allen of the 
school committee stated that the 
present plan of having the supt. 
teach at the Priest Grammar school 
was not working to the best advan- 
tage, and that the supt. was not 
giving as much attention to the 
High school as he ought to. While 
Walter &. Bell 
Re-elected Assessor 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
James Hoare 
Re-elected Sewer Commissioner 
no definite plan was decided upon 
he thought if this vote was rescind- 
ed it might mean a new teacher 
(male) would be added to the staff 
at the Grammar school and the supt. 
would devote his whole attention to 
superintendency. 
The polls were open from 12 
o’clock to 5.30. A total of 515 votes 
were cast. The result of the ballot 
will be found elsewhere. The vote 
was announced at 6.05. 
When the evening session was 
resumed at 7.15 the remaining re- 
ports of the town officials were ac- 
cepted. 
It was voted that a committee of 
three be appointed to investigate 
the conditions at Central Pond and 
report at an adjourned meeting. 
The moderator appointed T. C. 
Rowe, E. L. Edmands and E. W. 
Ayer. 
The selectmen were sworn in, also 
W. RB. Bell as assessor. H. T. Bing- 
ham, who is always a stickler for 
preciseness, called the moderator ’s 
attention to the fact he has said 
‘“solemnly promise’’ in swearing 1 
the selectmen, instead of ‘‘solemnly 
swear,’’ and the board was sworn in 
properly. 
Various other officers were elect- 
ed as follows: Pound keeper, Geo. 
N. Phippen; measurers of lumber, 
lewis Killam, Chester L. Crafts and 
Thomas Baker; measurers of wood 
and bark, Chester L. Crafts, Ben). 
L. Bullock and Chester C. Dodge; 
fence viewers, Richard J. Baker, 
George Younger and T. William 
Lamasney; field drivers, J. Alex. 
Lodge, Geo. S. Sinnicks, Raymond 
] 
C. Allen, A. B. Dunn, John G. Has- 
kell and James Hoare. 
Art. 5. It was moved to appoint 
same finance committee as last year. 
John Seott did not favor reap- 
pointing them as a body. Ought 
to be a change, as the committee in 
some cases showed very poor judg- 
ment. 
G. S. Sinnicks said he admired a 
man who said what he meant. He 
favored electing the committee indi- 
vidually. This committee calls for 
the best men in town. ‘Too im- 
portant a committee to pass on 
lightly. 
O. T. Roberts thought there ought 
to be nobody on the committee that 
had anything to do with the ex- 
penditure of money in the various 
departments. 
M. J. Callahan offered as an 
amendment that the moderator ap- 
point a committee of three to select 
a list of names. 
Curtis B. Stanley thought the 
committee should be appointed from 
the floor. The voters were com- 
petent to choose a committee. 
Mr. Callahan’s amendment was 
adopted and the moderator will ap- 
point a nominating committee. 
Under article 6, $23,000 was voted 
for the regular maintenance of 
highways. 
Selectmen Cheever then moved 
that $40,000 be appropriated for 
new construction in the easterly 
and westerly sections of the town 
and that the work be done by con- 
tract. He said by way of explana- 
tion that the board planned to con- 
struct about two miles of highway 
this year, along the line of that buiit 
(Continued on page 18. ) 
Jeffrey S. Reed 
Re-elected Park Commissioner 
